1. Karl Lagerfeld’s ‘Bad Cold’ Raises Questions About Chanel: Chanel’s owners, the brothers Alain and Gérard Wertheimer, haven’t named a successor to the designer, who was instrumental in the transformation of French luxury fashion into a global industry with mass appeal. – Read More on Bloomberg

2. ‘Teens have moved on’: The death of the high school mall brand. Additionally, trends in fashion outside of the targeted high school or teenager range have shifted. Mainstream fashion is increasingly looking toward youth culture for inspiration across age groups. There are no longer brands catering exclusively to a young audience. Now, every brand is competing for consumers’ dollars, young and old. – Read More on Glossy

3. Brandice Daniel: The founder of Harlem’s Fashion Row is providing a platform for black fashion designers. The platform — launched in 2007 to give voice to multicultural designers — celebrated NBA superstar LeBron James and Nike’s new signature LeBron 16 sneaker, which invoked the strength of African-American women. – Read More on NBC

4. The Fyre Effect: More questions are being asked of influencer marketing in wake of documentaries. “There is a level of due diligence that didn’t happen with Fyre. When you see that Kendall Jenner was paid $200,000 to post an orange square, that just wouldn’t happen now. Brands are asking more questions around influencers they work with, what brands they worked with and the content they’re creating.” – Read More on Digiday